Videos

As part of its Year of Action on Beijing+20, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) held its first webinar on the issue of women and the environment, to celebrate World Environment Day in June. Five inspiring presenters were invited to bring different perspectives in the links between women and the…

In the United Kingdom, of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, men hold 459 (71%) and women only 191 (29%). There have only ever been 450 women MPs. The vision and the goal of the 50:50 Parliament campaign is a parliament where men and women legislate the laws together, in roughly equal numbers.…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the United Nations Headquarters on March 16, 2016 to talk about gender equality, female empowerment and what feminism means to him. “I’m going to keep saying loud and clearly that I am a feminist until it is met with a shrug,” he exclaimed. “Why […

Lara has always inspired other people. This is her message to everyone out there who wants to get involved in politics to bring about change. You can also become a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Libyan scholar and activist Zahra Langhi, whom iKNOW Politics interviewed in 2015, lives in exile in Egypt. She was among those who called for a "Day of Anger" against Muammar Gaddafi in February 2011. Five years later, she looks back at the Libyan uprising and its subsequent developments and…

Although there have been numerous and extensive developments in terms of gender equality and women’s empowerment, women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world. UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 aims to provide women and girls with equal access to…

Only 25 percent of political seats, across Canadian municipal, provincial, and federal tables belong to women. This documentary examines why Canadian politics has yet to reach the United Nations minimum standard for engagement of women in decision-making set at 30 percent. The documentary features…

The Marshall Islands parliament has elected a new president Dr. Hilda Heine, making her the first female leader of any independent Pacific island nation. This video was filmed by the Pacific Women's Parliamentary Partnership Project in April 2015 when Dr. Heine was the Education…

“Our mission is gender equality. Our stories make it matter. Our actions make it real”. Those are the principles driving the HeforShe campaign. Watch actress and UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson introduce the newly launched www.heforshe.org/en website and talk about how each person can…